Foreign Minister George Vella’s comments to CNN about irregular migration show signs of political immaturity, according to Alternattiva Demokratika.

AD chairman Arnold Cassola said rather than using populist rhetoric that has not brought any tangible results, Dr Vella should face his “egoistic” Socialist and Christian Democratic colleagues and persuade them to drastically revise the Dublin Convention to allow asylum seekers to move from Malta to other EU countries.

“Anything less than that is useless prattle,” Prof. Cassola said.

In a feature on CNN, Dr Vella said Malta could not afford to continue supporting migrants from war-torn countries in its overcrowded detention camps.

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